Carl Zeiss Vision & Zarbeco Are great!!! Victor, -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Dwight Mattix Sent: Friday, June 01, 2007 7:00 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] SV: [TN] Microscope camera, I deny pay all that money! What about low(er) cost on screen measurement systems (i.e. video calipers)? Any of you have ideas for that? I do a lot of plating and dielectric measurement and the old fashioned eyepiece reticule on my scope is pretty marginal for my tasks. dw At 02:56 PM 6/1/2007, Wayne Thayer wrote: >Inge- > >I am real cheap too. But I am willing to sacrifice some quality. I hit >bottom when I bought a bunch of the Intel play digital microscopes--about >320x200 pixel! Anyway, we spent a little more money and got Moticam 2000, >which is 2 megapixel USB 2.0. We like this very much, even though you >could impress people if you had more pixels. This makes them easier to >attach in email than a 10 megapixel job. This unit comes with either "3rd >eye" or eyepiece hookups. > >Problem with using a digital camera which is good for stuff besides >microscopes is that it won't be there when you need it. > >Wayne > > >>> [log in to unmask] 6/1/2007 2:50:35 pm >>> >Steve, > >That was a real budget solution, I say. I feel stupid, but I've never >thought of that way. Of course, what differs the professional microscope >cameras from your idea, is just that the microscope camera is in a fixed >position. You know, in fact the trinocular has a somewhat lower light >than the binocular, so it may be advantageous to shoot through the later >ones. > >Man, I'll try that on Monday! Just wonder why so many of us pay fortunes >for that stuff when there are cheap solutions. Solutions for >revolutions. One of my friends lives on selling microscope cameras, he >wouldn't be happy if many more used TN technology..he-he > >Thanks again, I needed that inspiration > >Inge > >-----Ursprungligt meddelande----- >Från: Steve Gregory [mailto:[log in to unmask]] >Skickat: den 1 juni 2007 20:03 >Till: TechNet E-Mail Forum; Hfjord >Ämne: RE: [TN] Microscope camera, I deny pay all that money! > >Hi Inge! > >Every picture I've taken and posted on my web page is from a Nikon >Coolpix 4800 through the eyepiece of a regular microscope. I've been >doing that since I left California in 1999. > >It's simple, just focus in what you want to look at, carefully hold the >camera lense up against the microscope eyepiece, look at the display on >the back of the camera until you like what you see, and then snap the >picture! I usually take at least a couple of photos to be sure I get a >nice clear one, but you tell me, do you like the pictures I post? My >Nikon camera was only $349... > >Steve Gregory > >-----Original Message----- >From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Hfjord >Sent: Friday, June 01, 2007 12:47 PM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: [TN] Microscope camera, I deny pay all that money! > >Hi, is there possibly a subdivision for skinflints in TechNet? >I want a good microscope camera and a program for PC. There are numerous >of brands, most of them very good, like Olympus, Nikon, Kappa etc. But >the price! 5,000 USD and up. It's robbery. You get a super system SLR >digital camera for 1,000. Much more advanced than a microscope camera. >The microscope camera does not even use a advanced lense, the projection >just leaves the trinocular and hit the chip. There must be a way to buy >good digital stuff and put together with a cheap image processing >program. You may buy a cheap digital camera, design a C-ring adapter and >use the framegrabber in Pinnacle 10, just one example. Won't cost more >than 1,000. I know in principal what to do, but there use to be people >who are very creative on these things. Anyone who have a good proposal? > >The cheapskate > >Inge > >--------------------------------------------------- >Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 To >unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in >the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or >(re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET >Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the >posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the >archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please >visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for >additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or >847-615-7100 ext.2815 >----------------------------------------------------- > >--------------------------------------------------- >Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 >To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in >the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet >To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to >[log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) >To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to >[log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest >Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives >Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 >for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or >847-615-7100 ext.2815 >----------------------------------------------------- > >--------------------------------------------------- >Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 >To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in >the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet >To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to >[log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) >To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to >[log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest >Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives >Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 >for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or >847-615-7100 ext.2815 >----------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 ----------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------